Data Science Institute hosts second annual Datapolooza

Speakers, researchers address this year’s theme of “visualization” by Meg Thornberry | Sep 18 2016 | 26 minutes ago The Data Science Institute Friday hosted its second annual Datapalooza, a day-long conference designed to connect people currently conducting data-based research at the University, and to let people know about resources available to them. Speakers, researchers, an open source fair and an interactive art exhibit addressed this year’s main theme, “Visualization.” Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, gave the keynote address. He discussed the ways in which he sees government and industry working together to make all types of data — from electrical usage to medical records and school curricula — more accessible both to researchers and to the public. Chopra discussed examples from then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s agreement…